F2 driver suspended for deliberately crashing into teammate

A junior driver from the Haas Formula One team has been banned for four races, after being found guilty of deliberately crashing into his team-mate during an F2 race at Silverstone.

Santino Ferrucci has also been fined after driving his car around the pit area while using his mobile phone and failing to attend a stewards hearing.

Ferrucci, 20, who drives for the Trident Formula Two team, made contact with team-mate Arjun Maini on the cooldown lap, with the stewards hearing evidence the collision was premeditated and deliberate.

It came after an incident between the pair during the race, with Ferrucci found to have deliberately forced Maini off the road following a passing move.

(Getty )Haas Formula One team junior driver Santino Ferrucci.

After the race Maini took to the team-radio to express his disgust with Ferrucci’s actions.

Ferrucci responded via Twitter, claiming “if they showed what you did to me during the race more people would understand.”

Trident team management have sided with Maini, tweeting that the events of the weekend will be sorted out by their legal team.

“Trident intends to show their solidarity and support to @ArjunMaini_ and his family, for the unsportsmanlike and above all uncivilized behavior that he was forced to endure not only during this last weekend by Santino Ferrucci and father, who accompanied him.

“The contractual implications of what has happened will be dealt with by our lawyers. Never in these 12 years of sporting activity has anything even close to this ever occurred. We apologize for the show that we have regretfully offered.”